Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 143 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) pink
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark red
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pink
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark green
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) maroon
22. 22.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) lilac
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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